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      2002., Children's Press Call No: 940.54 MCG    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Cornerstones of freedom.Summary Note: Explores the relationship between the United States and Japan that led to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941, and to the United States' entry into World War II.
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      Ã2016., Simon & Schuster Paperbacks Call No: WAR NF World War II TWO   Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed. November 2017.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter chronicles the 12 days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, examining the miscommunications, clues, missteps and racist assumptions that may have been behind America's failure to safeguard against the tragedy"--NoveList.
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      2015., W.W. Norton & Company Call No: B   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes how Japan sent five girls, raised in traditional samurai households, to be educated in the United States in 1871 in order to return to Japan and raise a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan. Follows three of these young women as they grow up in San Francisco, learn English and Western customs, forge friendships, and then return to Japan ten years later with a goal of promoting women's education. Draws on archival research in both countries, and decades of letters between the women and their American host families.
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      2015., Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic]   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Dolls   Volume: 2Summary Note: Chiyo Tamura never dreamed that she would soon be in Tokyo, helping to welcome the more than twelve thousand Friendship Dolls arriving from America. Nor did she dream that she'd have an important role in the crafting of Miss Tokyo, one of fifty-eight Japanese dolls to be sent to America in return. But when Chiyo is asked to be the official protector of one of the American dolls, a jealous classmate will stop at nothing to see her fail.
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      2010., Amulet Books Call No: [Fic]    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: After fourteen-year-old Manjiro and his friends are stranded on an island in 1841, they are picked up by an American whaling ship where Manjiro becomes eager to learn about this new culture and describes his ten-year journey to places he'd never seen, including America. But Manjiro longs to return to his home in Japan and become a samurai. Includes biographical information about Manjiro, black-and-white illustrations, a glossary, and sources for additional information.
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      2010., Amulet Books Call No: [Fic]    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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      2010., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: FIC PREUS   Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: After Manjiro and his friends are stranded on an island in 1841, they are picked up by an American whaling ship where Manjiro becomes eager to learn about this new culture and describes his ten-year journey to places he'd never seen, including America. But Manjiro longs to return to his home in Japan and become a samurai. Includes biographical information about Manjiro, black-and-white illustrations, a glossary, and sources for additional information.
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      2012., Juvenile, Amulet Books Call No: FIC PRE    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: After fourteen-year-old Manjiro and his friends are stranded on an island in 1841, they are picked up by an American whaling ship where Manjiro becomes eager to learn about this new culture and describes his ten-year journey to places he'd never seen, including America. But Manjiro longs to return to his home in Japan and become a samurai. Includes biographical information about Manjiro, black-and-white illustrations, a glossary, and sources for additional information.
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      2010., Adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: Historical Fiction    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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      [2015], Primary, Tuttle Publishing Call No: Easy MOORE   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: A nearly four-hundred-year-old bonsai tree narrates its life story, from its youth as a seedling in Japan in 1625, to its years of nurturing and pruning by the Yamaki family, to its survival of the bombing of Hiroshima and donation to the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. in 1975.
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      [2021]., Juvenile, Random House Call No: 940.54 26693   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: "A highly-designed and illustrated (including graphic novel panels) overview the truths and lies about the attack on Pearl Harbor."--
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      [2020]., Juvenile, Random House Call No: HI-INT 940.54 MES   Edition: First edition.    Availability:2 of 2     At Location(s) Series Title: History SmashersSummary Note: "A highly-designed and illustrated (including graphic novel panels) overview of the truths and lies about the attack on Pearl Harbor"--Provided by the publisher.